Capital history in the news
Fire destroys carriage as Canberra Railway Museum reopens | The Canberra Railway Museum’s reopening has been marred by a suspicious fire which destroyed a 1930s railway carriage and damaged other cars. Museum director John Cheeseman, however, said there was still plenty to see at the museum and once again it would be telling the story of Canberra's rail history. Open on Sundays between 10:00am and 3:00pm at 2 Geijera Place (off Cunningham Street), Kingston ACT.
Historic homesteads come to life in new exhibition | Article by Genevieve Jacobs about the recent opening of A Palette of Pioneer Places at the Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre. This exhibition features eight historic homesteads of the Hall area which have been captured in watercolours by Isla Patterson and tells the story of each homestead and the families who lived in these homes (and in some cases still do). See here for the Museum’s opening hours.
The tale of George Duntroon’s three-legged colonel | Richard Lamb a volunteer at the National Library of Australia and a former Royal Military College (RMC) graduate is digitising journals from RMC, Duntroon. Tim the Yowie Man hopes to feature stories from the journals in his articles. A taste of this is the story of George, a dog loved by 1920s Duntroon cadets.
Proud to be part of the other team | Karen Hardy’s article reminiscing about the Raiders last premiership in 1994 provides some interesting insights into how years of technological change have changed sports journalism.
Narrabundah’s piece of the Berlin wall | The German Club in Narrabundah recently celebrated its 55th anniversary and German Unity Day. Article explains how in 1992 the Club acquired what is believed to be the largest slab of the Berlin Wall in the Southern hemisphere.
Peter Allen receives keys to Canberra | Archives ACT article about Minister for the Capital Territory, Michael Hodgman’s decision in 1981 to give Peter Allen, the entertainer, the keys to the city and make him an Ambassador for Canberra.
Acknowledgement: The image above is inspired by the re-opening of the Canberra Railway Museum. It is the Arrival of the First Train at East Kilmore by Cooke, A., & T. C. (1872). It comes from the State Library of Victoria. Note this image is not in copyright. See acknowledgement page for full details.
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